Debrah served as Executive Director of the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership from its inception in 1995 until July 2020. She led development and implementation of the first comprehensive plan for the lower 146 river miles of the Columbia River, employing a comparative risk process and extensive public collaboration to define the actions. She grew the organization to a highly skilled staff of 22 who restore habitat, provide restoration expertise, collect and analyze data, monitor ecosystem conditions, provide applied learning to students, engage volunteers in riparian plantings, and involve the community members in sustaining the work. Debrah worked with members of Congress and regional partners to develop and secure federal legislation that is now funding actions to reduce toxic contamination in the Columbia Basin. In 2017, she initiated a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion process to address the continued exclusion of people of color and women in environmental practices and positions of power and the environmental injustices inflicted on communities of color and low-income communities. Prior to moving to Oregon, she was Deputy Commissioner and then Acting Commissioner of the Maine Department of Environmental Protection. She was Planning and Community Development Director for the City of Lewiston (Maine) and Development Director for Greater Portland (Maine) Landmarks. Debrah holds a M.A. in Geography from the University of Oregon, a B.A. in Geography from the University of Maine, and certificates from the Confluence Center for Mediation and Training, (Portland, Oregon) and the M.I.T. - Harvard Program in Dispute Resolution and is member of the American Institute of Certified Planners.